Last Run: Thursday, 6:45 a.m.
Distance: Between 3-4km
Duration: 40 minutes
Ratios: Six 3-and-1's, Two 2-and-1's, One 1-and-1 (A seventh 3-and-1 was cancelled out by the single 1-and-1)
I had a great run yesterday morning and fully intended to write a blog entry but had to get to work and then.....a Kenny Chesney concert at the Molson Amphitheatre (hell yes!).
And for future reference, yes, yesterday was the day that tornadoes touched down in Southern Ontario. And yes, my country obsessed friend Alyssa and I braved the hurricane type conditions along Lakeshore and washed out roads because KC, in his 16 years on tour, has never EVER come to Toronto. Not to mention, KC is in control of summer so if you want a good one, you have to see him perform without a doubt.
Such a cutie, and once we got to the concert, we didn't even get rained on once (because he controls summer and therefore the sun).
It's nice to have a little bit of a normal life once in a while!
Anywho - so knowing I would be out late last night I got out on my run first thing Thursday morning. I took my Friday rest day (which I may regret) on Wednesday as I was exhausted, but knew it would give me the energy for yesterday's run, shift, and concert.
So, last blog I was dealing with my body being on strike now that I have made it clear that we are really doing this. Well, I got my monthly newsletter from Team Diabetes Canada with a feature article about running and nausea (what good timing).
The article said something about causes being anything from eating a meal over 250 calories within an hour of the run to dehydration or lactose intolerance. So, yesterday I tried running without having breakfast first.
Of course I checked my blood sugar before doing this and was at a comfortable number to not require eating. I liked the ability to go straight from bed to my running shoes, no time for excuses. However, breakfast or not, my body is still on strike. My run started with nausea and a severe lack of energy. Not much better than when I was eating breakfast before a run.
Maybe I need to just give up on the morning run.
But then, there are pluses to the morning run that can't be found in the evening run.
The evening run is definitely cooler than even 6:45am, but there are no bugs on a morning run. Plus the creepy guys aren't even awake yet, so no need to worry about that! I also like that traffic at the road crossings is usually much lighter and so it doesn't slow down my run waiting for the traffic light.
I still am completely exhausted throughout the day after a morning run though, so that is problematic.
It's really a 50/50 in terms of what is better.
You may have noticed my new format for laying out my progress at the start of the blog. We'll try and do this for a while so I don't have to explain all the details. Either way, I am proud of yesterday's run as I'm almost entirely up to a 3-and-1 pace which is a huge improvement already over last week.
Especially the fact that I only gave in for a single 1-and-1 run/walk - and yes, that was on the bastard hill. That's always my weak spot. It's really not fair to have such a steep hill in the last 6 minutes of your run. Your legs already hate you, you've just managed to make it up the mini-bastard hill and are trying to control your breathing and slow your heart rate back down, and then you're faced with the bastard hill that is just as steep and 5 times as long as the MBH.
One last thing I feel a need to touch on -
Kenny (oh my dear sweet Kenny) sang one of my fave songs last night called 'I Go Back'. It talks about the power of songs over memories, emotions, everything.
'We all have a song that somehow stamped our lives
Takes us to another place and time'And then I was reading best friend's lastest blog entry on Personal Image, which touched on music in the first paragraph or so:
"It's funny how music has a certain power over us that extends beyond the conscious; one might say that music extends into our very soul and touches parts of us that we didn't know existed."
He uses a lot of bigger words than me. You can read the rest of his blog at http://theporthosimage.blogspot.com/ or by following the link in the top right of this page.
Either way, all of this brought a thought I'd been having about music up to the surface. When you are running, with only your music to distract you from your insanity, what sort of songs inspire you to keep going? Is it the lyrics? Is it the beat? I flip flop between the two but know that practically every song on my running list is there because it keeps me going.
So I've decided to start a new piece and in each entry from now on, I will post my favourite song choice for that run and discuss it briefly - maybe inspiring you to add it to your running playlist and get moving!
Today's entry, although it is not a Kenny Chesney song and really should be, it is a country song:
If You're Going Through Hell - Rodney Atkins
"If you're going through hell, keep on going,
Don't slow down, if you're scared don't show it
You might get out before the Devil even knows you're there"
A very inspiring chorus to keep pushing through. I refer to the last 10 minutes of my run as hell quite often. It's when I don't want to be out there anymore, but laid down on that bench I just ran past instead. I just want it to be over and then dear old Rodney tells me not to slow down, I'll be out of Hell soon, keep going.
Ah goodness I love country.
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